http://sustainontario.com The Alliance for Healthy Food and Farming Sat, 18 May 2013 01:07:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/16/16593/news/national-student-food-summit-2013 http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/16/16593/news/national-student-food-summit-2013#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 18:52:56 +0000 Alia Karim http://sustainontario.com/?p=16593 http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/16/16593/news/national-student-food-summit-2013/feed 0 http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/15/16583/news/sustainable-restaurants-cfia-responds-to-labelling-strife-with-interim-policy-updating-local-definition http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/15/16583/news/sustainable-restaurants-cfia-responds-to-labelling-strife-with-interim-policy-updating-local-definition#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 20:32:35 +0000 Jenn Kucharczyk http://sustainontario.com/?p=16583   By Vanessa Ling Yu As of Friday, May 10th, 2013, Canadians from coast to coast can suddenly choose from more “local” food options since the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced an interim policy on its website in an effort to “modernize its food labeling approach.” The shift marks CFIA’s recognition of an “approach [...]]]> http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/15/16583/news/sustainable-restaurants-cfia-responds-to-labelling-strife-with-interim-policy-updating-local-definition/feed 1 http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/15/16564/blog/ontario-farm-to-school-challenge-second-round http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/15/16564/blog/ontario-farm-to-school-challenge-second-round#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 20:04:29 +0000 Josie Di Felice http://sustainontario.com/?p=16564 The Ontario Farm to School Challenge is back for its second round – is your school getting involved?  Don’t miss your chance to support Ontario food, educate your students, and have the chance to win $350 to put toward your school’s kitchen! Across Ontario, schools are being challenged to connect students of all ages with [...]]]> http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/15/16564/blog/ontario-farm-to-school-challenge-second-round/feed 0 http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/15/16553/news/tell-your-mpp-that-you-support-local-food http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/15/16553/news/tell-your-mpp-that-you-support-local-food#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 18:07:04 +0000 Ravi Singh http://sustainontario.com/?p=16553 Sustain Ontario is thrilled to announce our newest campaign in support of Ontario’s proposed Local Food Act. As we’ve mentioned previously, the Local Food Act is an initiative we strongly support and are following closely. Although we have lent our voice to the plan to enhance Ontario’s food economy and commit to a more sustainable [...]]]> http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/15/16553/news/tell-your-mpp-that-you-support-local-food/feed 2 http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/15/16545/news/action-alert-public-input-on-regulations-amending-the-seeds-regulations http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/15/16545/news/action-alert-public-input-on-regulations-amending-the-seeds-regulations#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 15:20:45 +0000 Josie Di Felice http://sustainontario.com/?p=16545 All information below from the NFU:  Action Alert – Public Input on Regulations Amending the Seeds Regulations, Canada Gazette Part 1 VOL. 147, NO. 10 — MARCH 9, 2013 Deadline for submissions — May 23, 2013 The National Farmers Union is calling upon all concerned farmers and allies to submit comments about significant regulatory changes [...]]]> http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/15/16545/news/action-alert-public-input-on-regulations-amending-the-seeds-regulations/feed 0 http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/13/16536/blog/growing-good-food-ideas-spotlight-haliburton-county-a-sustainable-food-system http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/13/16536/blog/growing-good-food-ideas-spotlight-haliburton-county-a-sustainable-food-system#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 14:17:30 +0000 Jenn Kucharczyk http://sustainontario.com/?p=16536 http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/13/16536/blog/growing-good-food-ideas-spotlight-haliburton-county-a-sustainable-food-system/feed 0 http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/13/16526/news/event-alert-toronto-farmers-market-network-presents-a-screening-of-symphony-of-the-soil http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/13/16526/news/event-alert-toronto-farmers-market-network-presents-a-screening-of-symphony-of-the-soil#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 13:37:57 +0000 Ravi Singh http://sustainontario.com/?p=16526 http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/13/16526/news/event-alert-toronto-farmers-market-network-presents-a-screening-of-symphony-of-the-soil/feed 0 http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/10/16517/blog/cffo-commentary-the-proposed-ontario-budget-holds-positives-for-agriculture-and-rural-ontario http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/10/16517/blog/cffo-commentary-the-proposed-ontario-budget-holds-positives-for-agriculture-and-rural-ontario#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 18:11:45 +0000 Jenn Kucharczyk http://sustainontario.com/?p=16517 From the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario (CFFO) blog via Farms.com: By Nathan Stevens (May 10, 2013) – The first proposed budget under our new Premier holds many positive commitments for agriculture and rural Ontario. The CFFO is pleased that there are commitments to the key issues that the organization raised in its budget submission [...]]]> http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/10/16517/blog/cffo-commentary-the-proposed-ontario-budget-holds-positives-for-agriculture-and-rural-ontario/feed 0 http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/10/16513/news/national-farmers-union-ontario-nfu-o-respond-to-tribunal-decision http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/10/16513/news/national-farmers-union-ontario-nfu-o-respond-to-tribunal-decision#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 16:16:13 +0000 Danny Brown http://sustainontario.com/?p=16513 http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/10/16513/news/national-farmers-union-ontario-nfu-o-respond-to-tribunal-decision/feed 0 http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/08/15392/blog/events/michael-shuman-keynote-lecture http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/08/15392/blog/events/michael-shuman-keynote-lecture#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 18:30:25 +0000 Josie Di Felice http://sustainontario.com/?p=15392 Our Food, Farms, Fish and Finance forum is just over two weeks away! Join us as we explore the delicious, diverse and delicate potential for social finance and impact investing in our food system. Have you registered yet? If you can’t make it, register to watch a live webcast of Saturday’s panel discussion and The Fishbowl: A focus [...]]]> http://sustainontario.com/2013/05/08/15392/blog/events/michael-shuman-keynote-lecture/feed 0